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Secunia Advisory SA10708

Windows XP Malicious Folder Automatic Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory SA10708
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Release Date 2004-01-26
   
Popularity 52,369 views
Comments 0 comments

Criticality level Moderately criticalModerately critical
Impact Privilege escalation
System access
Where From remote
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Unpatched
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
Remediation status Secunia VIM
   
Operating System
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) No CVE references.

  

Description

http-equiv has reported a vulnerability in Windows XP, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system or gain escalated privileges.

It is possible to construct a malicious folder containing both script code and an executable file. This can be exploited to make Windows Explorer execute code automatically on a user's system if the user is tricked into opening the folder.

A PoC (Proof of Concept) exploit is available.


Solution
There's no proper solution available at the moment.
Further details available in Customer Area

Provided and/or discovered by
http-equiv, malware.com.

Deep Links
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